Drag Racing driver and Weightlifter win Sportsman and Sportswomen of the year
Duncan Micallef was crowned Malta's Sportsman of the Year for 2017 during the annual SportMalta Awards organised by the Malta Sports Journalists Association in collaboration with Malta's sport regulatory entity SportMalta. Micallef who was crowned European FIA Top Fuel Dragster Champion in 2017 managed to secure an impressive vote from the panel of Sports Journalists to win this award for the second consecutive year. The Sportswomen award was won for the first time by emerging Maltese Weightlifter Yazmin Zammit Steven who in 2017 managed to break over 35 national records in her category 63kg and also managed to qualify for the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held in the Gold Coast in Australia. The other winners of the 58th edition of the SportMalta Awards Ghazliet Sportivi Nazzjonali were: Youth Male Athlete of the year: Edward XUEREB – Malta Tenpin Bowling Association Youth Female Athlete of the year: Sara XUEREB – Malta Tenpin [...]